@Lisa Ryan The information you provide is a little thin, but let's have a look w/ a few small assumptions: Scheduled rent: $1,950.00/month $23,400.00/yr Vacancy allowance (10%): $195.00/month $2,340.00/yr {Effective} Gross Revenue: $1,755.00/month $21,060.00/yr Expenses: Taxes: $250.00/month $3,000.00/yr Insurance: $100.00/month $1,200.00/yr Heat: $333.33/month $4,000.00/yr Water/Sewer: $150.00/month $1,800.00/yr Maintenance/CAPEx (10%): $175.00/month $2,100.00/yr Property Management(7-10%): $150.00/month $1,800.00/yr Garbage: $50.00/month $600.00/yr Landscaping/Snow removal: $50.00/month $600.00/yr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: $1,258.33/month $15,100.00/yr NOI: $496.67/month $5,960.00/yr This gives you a CAP rate of 5.2% at the stated price.

I assume you have good windows or count on $500 per window for the good ones with lifetime warranty.Also, plan on repairing water damage in an old building, water will be your worst enemy.make sure you tell tenants to take out their garbage regularly and make them responsible for keeping the place clean.

Fees associated with owning real estate taxes, insurance, lawn/landscaping, snow removal, garbage, gas, electric, water, sewer, rehab, upkeep, gas driving to and from, your time, stamps, mortgage, home owner assiciation If your renting it some of those may be put on the renter in the lease - some may come out of your cash flow....

A couple college kids in one side were smoking and threw a cigarette butt into the garbage outside under the porch.

What percentages are you seasoned investors assigning in your models forInsurance (I know that I can look this up but is there a baseline number to get an idea)Maintenance %ageRepairs %ageCap ex %ageManagement Fees %ageWho typically pays for (Gas, Electricity, Water, Sewage/garbage)Should I avoid properties where I pay water as it would eat into my profits?

Are the blinds all cracked and broken, is there garbage in the yard, or do they have well maintained plants in the windows.

From what I can tell $75/mo PER UNIT is about right (water, garbage and sewer are all billed together).I'm looking at the same options you are, and I'm not sure what the right answer is.

This is akin to spam in my book.The last thing we want is for people to get overrun with people sending them garbage ad colleague requests.We're more than happy to remove and ban any user who abuses our system to send these kinds of requests.

@Jordan Laney sorry you had to learn the hard way... paid programs are garbage generally.

It seems those surveys are typically focused on larger multifamily properties (naturally - I can't imagine the garbage data you would get trying to put that info together for every 4-flat that sells).So I'm wondering how you think those cap rates translate to smaller properties.